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Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?

a)

Social Science

b)

History

c)

Geography

d)

Science

2.

What is a field that studies people and the relationships among them?

a)

History

b)

Social Science

c)

Geography

d)

Science

3.

What is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs?

a)

History

b)

Geography

c)

Social Science

d)

Science

4.

What are the 2 main branches of Geography?

a)

Physical & Location

b)

Human & Movement

c)

Physical & Human

d)

Historical & Location

5.

What is the study of the world’s physical features—its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants?

a)

Human Geography

b)

Physical Geography

6.

What is the study of the world’s people, communities, and landscapes?

a)

Human Geography

b)

Physical Geography

7.

What is the process of relocating to a new region or place?

a)

Migration

b)

Push Factor

c)

Pull Factor

d)

Region

8.

 A scientist who studies the world, it’s people, and the landscapes they create is a...

a)

Archeologist

b)

Historian

c)

Geographer

d)

Anthropologist

9.

______________ research, analyze, interpret, and write about the past by studying historical documents and sources.

a)

Geographers

b)

Historians

c)

Teachers

d)

Football Players

10.

______________ a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

a)

Geographer

b)

Anthropologist

c)

Historian

d)

Archeologist

11.

Who is a scientist studies the cultures of past and present to understand the complexity of cultures across all of human history?

a)

Archeologist

b)

Anthropologist

c)

Historian

d)

Geographer

12.

What is the science of making maps?

a)

Meteorology

b)

Hydrology

c)

Cartography

13.

What is the study of weather and what causes it?

a)

Cartography

b)

Meteorology

c)

Hydrology

14.

What is the study of water on Earth?

a)

Cartography

b)

Hydrology

c)

Meteorology

15.

Things the attract people to migrate to a new region (More money, jobs, resources)

a)

Push Factor

b)

Migration

c)

Pull Factor

16.

Things that cause people to leave and migrate to a new region

(War, bad economy, harsh government)

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Push Factors

c)

Migration

17.

____________ information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event. (Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies.)

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

18.

____________________is information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event. (Encyclopedias, textbooks, book reports.)

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

19.

___________is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface.

a)

GPS

b)

Globe

c)

Map

20.

___________ is a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet.

a)

Map

b)

Globe

c)

GPOS

21.

_______ is the shared characteristics that include customs, arts, food, and beliefs.

a)

food

b)

religion

c)

culture

d)

government

22.

___________is the movement of culture from one place to another. This happens when people migrate, travel, and trade goods/ideas.

a)

culture

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

cultural collaboration

d)

movement

23.

What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Absolute location, region, migration, movement

b)

Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Region, Location

24.

What Theme describes where something is on earth?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Movement

25.

What THEME describes the physical and human characteristics of a place?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

26.

What THEME describes the similarities you may find in a place? These can include language, culture and similar historical background.

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Movement

d)

Absolute Location

27.

What THEME describes how people, goods, information and culture got to a particular place?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

28.

What THEME describes how humans have changed a particular place (such as through canals, highways, etc.) and how humans adapt to the environment around them (like wearing jackets in cold climates)?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

29.

What is the type of location that uses longitude and latitude?

a)

Relative

b)

Absolute

c)

Exact

30.

 

What type of location compares one to another?

a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

c)

Address

31.

Which of the following is a way of defining a region?

a)

Language

b)

Food

c)

Climate

d)

All of the above

32.

 

A region is which of the following?

a)

A place with different cultural characteristics

b)

An area with shared characteristics

c)

 

A large area of land

d)

 

A country with a small population

33.

What characteristic of "place" deals with people and their culture?

a)

Physical Features

b)

Human Features

c)

Environment Features